Professor David Peimer
Contemporary Israeli TV: “Fauda” the Series
Summary
Fauda (“chaos”) is an Israeli TV series inspired by the experiences of the creators in the IDF special forces. In 2017, the New York Times voted Fauda among the best international shows of the year. In 2018, the show won 11 Israeli TV Academy Awards, including best TV drama, best actor, and best screenplay. Fauda is also the No. 1 Netflix program in Lebanon, the UAE, and second in Qatar, and among the 10 most-viewed Netflix shows in Turkey, Morocco, Jordan.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and New York University (Global Division), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.